Electric power conditioning applied in more electric aircraft context

• Grant number: 15/02325-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: August 25, 2015
• End date: August 24, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Jose Antenor Pomilio
• Grantee: Hildo Guillardi Júnior
• Supervisor: Simone Buso
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/11720-7 - Electric power conditioning applied in more electric aircraft context, BP.DR

Abstract

This project is a part of the FAPESP project #2014/11720-7 with the same title. It deals with the Electric Power Quality (PQ) in aeronautical environments. The More Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept, which aims to replace pneumatic and hydraulic actuators by electromechanical actuators, increases the electric power demand in the airplane. The whole project (doctoral project) aims the study and the implementation of an Electric Power Conditioner (EPC) to mitigate the unwanted effects found in the AC airplane internal feeders. This EPC must operate on a network of variable frequency (360-800Hz). For the internship, the specific objectives are the development a mathematical dynamic model for the multilevel inverter used as EPC and the study of control strategies for this electrical environment. The references for the EPC will determined using the CPT - Conservative Power Theory, that seems to be the better method for variable frequency condition with fast rates, as high as 500Hz/s. Digital or hybrid solutions with DSPs, FPGAs or other microelectronic system will be studied and defined along the project development. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GUILLARDI JUNIOR, HILDO; POMILIO, JOSE ANTENOR; BUSO, SIMONE; ROSSETTO, LEOPOLDO; IEEE. Modeling and control of a cascade multilevel inverter for power conditioning applications. 2016 IEEE 2ND ANNUAL SOUTHERN POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (SPEC), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2016-01-01. (15/02325-0, 14/11720-7)

FUENTES, ROBERTO M.; PALMA, JONATHAN M.; GUILLARDI JUNIOR, HILDO; LACERDA, MARCIO J.; CARVALHO, LEONARDO DE P.; ROJAS, ALEJANDRO J.; OLIVEIRA, RICARDO C. L. F.. Gain-Scheduled Control Design Applied to Classical dc-dc Converters in Photovoltaic Systems and Constant Power Loads. MATHEMATICS, v. 10, n. 19, p. 20-pg., 2022-10-01. (20/16635-9, 15/02325-0)